d2 VS dsl

Compare d2 vs dsl and see what are their differences.

d2

D2 is a modern diagram scripting language that turns text to diagrams. (by terrastruct)

dsl

Structurizr DSL (by structurizr)
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d2

Posts with mentions or reviews of d2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-26.

dsl

Posts with mentions or reviews of dsl. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-22.
  • D2 is now open source – a new, modern language that turns text to diagrams
    34 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Nov 2022
    1. not currently, but it's on the roadmap!

    2. with any integration, if there's enough demand, we'll do it. Once we add interactivity to diagrams, it should be trivial to emulate. However I should mention that Simon Brown (the creator of C4) has his own DSL for C4 https://github.com/structurizr/dsl)! We have no intention of competing with it.

    3. Currently the options to tune are limited. The Terrastruct app has granular layout control via drag-and-drop, and we're working to bring some of that to native/open-source.

  • How is your time spent in the architecture role?
    3 projects | /r/softwarearchitecture | 12 Nov 2022
    It's really just an evolution of the original Structurizr for Java library that I built 5+ years ago. Some people really liked the ability to create a model+views using a programming language (ports are now available for .NET, PHP, Python, TypeScript, etc), but many thought it was silly. So I've always wanted to do something "text-based", but I wanted to do "models as code" rather than "diagrams as code". The lockdown in 2020 gave me some time to do this, and the DSL is really just a thin wrapper on that original Java library. Being a wrapper for the Java library provides a way for you to create parts of your model via scripts (Groovy, Kotlin, JRuby) or by mixing the DSL and code. This creates opportunities for manually defining a high level model, and then perhaps inserting a deployment architecture that's automatically generated by parsing AWS/Azure/Terrform/etc.
  • Diagrams as Code 2.0
    6 projects | /r/softwarearchitecture | 16 Jun 2022
    Structurizr DSL - https://github.com/structurizr/dsl
  • Software to build a visual representation of the solution?
    2 projects | /r/ExperiencedDevs | 29 Sep 2021
    The C4 model and the Structurizr DSL (demo) are pretty much designed to do exactly this. Disclaimer: I'm the author of both.
  • A visual C4 model tool for your team
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Sep 2021
    This (icepanel.io) is just a graphical editor for C4 Model diagrams.

    The actual standard (if you can call it that, because it is quite light weight, and that is a good thing) is open source as far as I know.

    This means that you can create C4 diagrams with PlantUML [0] or using the C4 specific DSL [1].

    [0] - https://github.com/plantuml-stdlib/C4-PlantUML

    [1] - https://github.com/structurizr/dsl

  • Alternatives to c4 model?
    3 projects | /r/softwarearchitecture | 15 Sep 2021
    With this in mind, the Structurizr DSL provides a way to create a model as code, which can then be rendered using tooling of your choice. The Structurizr renderer is one option, but there are others, and you can build your own to meet the style that you're looking for. See structurizr.org - Rendering tools for more.
  • Scripting support added to the Structurizr DSL
    3 projects | dev.to | 10 Sep 2021
    The Structurizr DSL now provides a way to run scripts written in Groovy, Kotlin, Ruby, and JavaScript, via the new !script keyword. This gives you access to the underlying Structurizr for Java workspace, for when you need to do something not supported by the DSL.
  • Practical experience of using Structurizr?
    2 projects | /r/softwaredevelopment | 10 Apr 2021
    This diagram provides an overview of the Structurizr tooling. In short, a Structurizr workspace is described using a JSON document - all authoring methods (code or text) allow you to create/manipulate that JSON document, for rendering using a number of tools (the Structurizr service, PlantUML, Mermaid, DOT, etc). The DSL parser is written in Java (source), so you could use that directly to parse a local DSL file ... this is essentially what the Structurizr CLI does.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing d2 and dsl you can also consider the following projects:

mermaid - Generation of diagrams like flowcharts or sequence diagrams from text in a similar manner as markdown

C4-PlantUML - C4-PlantUML combines the benefits of PlantUML and the C4 model for providing a simple way of describing and communicate software architectures

d3 - Bring data to life with SVG, Canvas and HTML. :bar_chart::chart_with_upwards_trend::tada:

Mermaid - Edit, preview and share mermaid charts/diagrams. New implementation of the live editor.

diagrams - :art: Diagram as Code for prototyping cloud system architectures

mermaid-cli - Command line tool for the Mermaid library

plantuml - Generate diagrams from textual description

kubernetes-client - Java client for Kubernetes & OpenShift

text-to-diagram-site - Compare syntax, layouts, outputs between languages for generating diagrams with text.

cli - A command line utility for Structurizr.

java - Structurizr for Java